"I've got an idea for Facebook. They could offer Facebook Premium. For $10 a month, people who really love Facebook [and can afford it], could see no ads. Maybe some special features too," he said in a blog post.

"If 10% of Facebook signed up, that's $1 billion a month in revenue. Not too shabby."

Stone admitted that he took an extended break from Facebook after the firm introduced "thousands of settings, features, and choices", but is now using the website once again.